Teachers: the names you will never name your own kids - Page 4

jojapeach · #1 07-09-2008, 12:50 PM

I taught one year in 9th Grade in Clayton Co. (GA) Public Schools. There were a lot of terrors on my list, but I actually had some good kids I still keep in touch with.

Names that instantly came to mind:

Jessica
Brittney (too many to count)
Keegan
Charmaine
Omar

I know there were way more, but I think my mind has taken away the names as an attempt to protect me.

#2 07-09-2008, 01:16 PM

LaKeesha (just for the mere fact that she pushed my buttons this past year and when I hear that name i cringe)

nittanyalum · #3 07-09-2008, 02:12 PM

I'm not a teacher, but if I hear of or meet one more person who's named their kid Connor, I might scream. (no offense to anyone who has, it just feels like I've met 8 bajillion of them and it's too many)

WinniBug · #4 07-09-2008, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by nittanyalum

I'm not a teacher, but if I hear of or meet one more person who's named their kid Connor, I might scream. (no offense to anyone who has, it just feels like I've met 8 bajillion of them and it's too many)

I feel that way about "Emma"

WVU alpha phi · #5 07-09-2008, 03:24 PM

I'm not a teacher but there are definitely names I'd never used based on people I don't/didn't like growing up or just big trouble makers I went to school with who have forever ruined certain names.

-Caitlin
-Rachel
-Jason

Hopefully by the time I have kids none of those names will be popular and it wont be an issue.

ComradesTrue · #6 07-09-2008, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by nittanyalum

I'm not a teacher, but if I hear of or meet one more person who's named their kid Connor, I might scream. (no offense to anyone who has, it just feels like I've met 8 bajillion of them and it's too many)

I feel that way about all the kids (male and female) who have names that rhyme with "maiden."

Can you imagine the classrooms in a few years? Half the kids in there will be some version of Aiden, Jadyn, Braden, Caedan, etc. None of the poor kids will ever have their names spelled correctly, since there are a million spelling variations.

And the poor teachers who have to keep all that madness straight...

ForeverRoses · #7 07-09-2008, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Blondie93

I feel that way about all the kids (male and female) who have names that rhyme with "maiden."

Can you imagine the classrooms in a few years? Half the kids in there will be some version of Aiden, Jadyn, Braden, Caedan, etc. None of the poor kids will ever have their names spelled correctly, since there are a million spelling variations.

And the poor teachers who have to keep all that madness straight...

It's already happening. My son's school had three kindergarten classes. Between the three there were:
Aedan
Aiden
Aadan (or maybe it was Aaden?)
Brayden
Braedyn

They put one Aedan in each class and kept the Braydens separate as well, but at some point in time they will have to put some combination together in the same class!

They also had three Taylors. 2 boys and one girl.

carnation · #8 07-09-2008, 04:33 PM

One year our daughters' pre-K had 4 Z names--I think it was 2 Zachs, a Zeke, and a Zechariah? Every time I'd hear their names, I'd think of the line from Disney's Country Bear Jamboree: "Zeke and Zach and Ted and Fred and a bear named Tennessee!"

The teachers almost lost their minds with those and I may lose my mind with the unisex names, like Taylor, Morgan, and Jordan. We're flooded with them, both boys and girls, although they're not the prime stinkers. The other names I've put in this thread are.

LaneSig · #9 10-23-2008, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by carnation

One year our daughters' pre-K had 4 Z names--I think it was 2 Zachs, a Zeke, and a Zechariah?

I can top that. One year, out of 22 kids (2nd Grade), I had 12 that had 1st names that started with "A".

My favorite year was teaching PE. My 3rd grade class had: Kasey, Casey, Kaylee, Kayla, Kelly, Kenny, Kelsey, Kara, and Kylie. Try yelling 1 kid's name on the play field and see how many answered.

"Kayla!"

"Me?"

"No, Kaylee. Kayla!"

"Me?"

"No, Kara. Kayla!"

"Me?"

And on, and on. Funny, the kid I was calling never seemed to answer.

ADqtPiMel · #10 07-09-2008, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Blondie93

I feel that way about all the kids (male and female) who have names that rhyme with "maiden."

Can you imagine the classrooms in a few years? Half the kids in there will be some version of Aiden, Jadyn, Braden, Caedan, etc. None of the poor kids will ever have their names spelled correctly, since there are a million spelling variations.

And the poor teachers who have to keep all that madness straight...

YES. Graydon is an old family name on my mom's side that I have long planned to use if I ever have a kid...not so much now.

ktbug10474 · #11 07-10-2008, 06:24 PM

there's a new book out called The Ashley.

and my nickname (katie) nor my full name (katherine) has been on this list... i feel fabulous! lol

WinniBug · #12 07-11-2008, 03:10 PM

My cousin has picked out the name Dyllin for her boy who's due in October.

I immediately thought of this thread and "y" not being synonymous with "i", and other crazy spellings of names....lol

DreamfulSpirit · #13 07-12-2008, 03:37 PM

While I was working in a high school in Arizona, the biggest trouble makers for me were:

Girls:
Melissa
Amber

Boys:
Jeremiah
Luis

To be honest, I don't like unisex names, or some that people as unisex, I don't really see as being unisex: Aaron/Erin, Morgan, Jordan (I see this as a boy name and not a girl), Taylor

Other names that I just don't like, either just because or for personal reasons: Zoe, Alex, and Danielle

christiangirl · #14 07-13-2008, 01:48 PM

I couldn't name my daughter anything that can be shortened up to "Kisha." There are like 20 ways you can turn a name into Kisha and, while it's beautiful, there's just too many of them running around her. Let the remaining ones enjoy it while we phase it out for awhile.

breathesgelatin · #15 07-16-2008, 06:28 AM

Re: the Aidan, Caden, Braden stuff, if you check out little boy names for 2007, here's the tops:

1. Aidan
2. Braden
3. Kaden
4. Ethan
5. Caleb
6. Noah
7. Jaden

In 2006 those names were actually 1-4.

Aidan has been on top for a few years... Hayden was in the top 15 for a while also.

For girls, Jadyn is at #43. Cadence is also in the top 50 for girls and was in the top 10 a few years back.

Here's my source for that. That website is pretty good because it compiles alternate spellings (Kaden/Caden, etc.) If you look at the raw Social Security statistics, they rank every spelling, so it underestimates names like the "adens" that have multiple spellings.

One of my colleagues is about to have a baby in September and insists on naming him Aidan. I just don't get it - even if you love the name, why give your kid a name that will not be unique whatsoever?

On another note, for boys in 2007, Jackson/Jaxon was at #11. Jaxon?? Really?? Every time I see Jaxon, I think of this. I know that doesn't ring a bell for most people, but Jaxxon is one of the most notoriously ridiculous sci fi comic character of the last 20 years... yeah...

At least Madison is finally dying a slow and painful death. I have a HS friend with a girl named Madison, who is adorable... but again... overused.